Global Literacy Quotes

All the known world, excepting only savage nations, is governed by books.

I think this generation can play a very important role. If we act now, this could be the first generation to witness universal education.

Books for all the world are always foul-smelling books: the smell of small people clings to them.

literacy is at the heart of sustainable development

Literacy is not a luxury, it is a right and a responsibility. If our world is to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century we must harness the energy and creativity of all our citizens.

On this International Literacy Day, let us recall that literacy for all is an integral part of education for all, and that both are critical for achieving truly sustainable development for all.

Mass literacy is a phenomenon of the past few centuries, and one that has reached the majority of the world's adult population only within the past 75 years.

It's amazing, the number of people who don't have passports, who can't read, who can't write. It's sick actually. It's disgusting.

One must always have in mind one simple fact - there is no literate population in the world that is poor, and there is no illiterate population that is anything but poor.

I think people have to read more and learn more about what's going on internationally.

There are nearly one billion illiterate people on Earth.

When I was little, I thought everyone in the world liked to read because it was so fun. But then I realised that was not exactly true. I want other kids to read and write more all over the world, because it helps them to understand things better.

That everyone may receive at least a moderate education appears to be an objective of vital importance.

According to UNESCO: there are over 154 million children in the world deprived of education due to poverty, slavery, racism, religious extremism, gender discrimination, and geographical isolation. The cost to educate a child in the third world is about $ 1 per month per child. To achieve global literacy, the investment would be $ 8 billion per year for 15 years.

I'm no politician. I'm an historian who has learned through a lifetime of studying that nothing in the world beats universal education.

We have the ability to provide quality education to every child on earth right now.

My feeling is that if you can make a big impact on the global literacy problem, you can uplift a big portion of society.